Feb 07, 2009 03:05 am Engage noise gate plug-in. Set threshold, attack,release times to taste.
how to use a compressor as a noise gate?
Posted on Feb 07, 2009 02:27 am
Tinstryde
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Member Since: Jan 29, 2009
i knw the use of compressors as a bass booster(expander),as well as a limiter and stuff but could somebody help me out with this noise gate stuff?
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Feb 07, 2009 03:05 am Engage noise gate plug-in. Set threshold, attack,release times to taste.
Feb 07, 2009 06:54 am A bass booster isn't an expander - An expander *is* the essence of a noise gate.
Feb 09, 2009 06:47 am Noise gate drops the volume down on anything that doesn't reach a preset volume.
So, if you set the threshold at -10db, then anything that isn't that loud, gets cut out. So you can cut the lingering ringing from toms, or the nasty hi-gain whine from guitar amps. Just the real signal that you want to save gets through, not the background, lower noise.
Feb 09, 2009 11:17 am Is it even possible to use a compressor as a noise gate?
A compressor makes quiet things louder, and makes loud things quieter. It compresses the dynamic range of a signal. When the signal gets above a certain threshold, a compressor turns it down. Then you use the gain setting to make up for the loss in overall volume due to the threshold and ratio settings.
A noise gate totally shuts off the input signal when it drops below a certain threshold. I don't think that you can set a compressor to do that.
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